Shoe-heel.



\ E. M. COOK.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1918.

1,290,095; Patented Jan. 7,1919.-

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application filed .Tun'e '1, 1918. Serial naaasaso.

To all wkom it-iaayccmem I Be it known that 1, Enw'ano M. 0001;, a

citizen of the United States, residing'at d tate 5 of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Im-. f

Oberlin, in the county of Lorain an provements in Shoe-Heels, of whichthe following is a specification.

This lnvention relates to shoe. heels and more particularly tocushion'heels formed of rubber or other elastic material and'designedfor application to shoes.

' The primary object of the invention is to provide a heel of the. abovecharacter with,

a gripping means upon its tread surface, the

15 sald means being formed by providing the heel with a concaved uppersurface for con tact with the shoe, the front edge of or bottomedge, themanner of securing the heel upon the shoe causing the .concaved surfaceto be transferred to the lower face of the-*- eel to provide the tread,with sucwith a head or rib along tion me ns. 7

In th' j I a; sect onal view of. a frag- ,throfigh the heel end of is a.detail sectionalview of the caved surface flat'against the .su aceo'f'the shoe with which it contacts. The lower or the shoe either at thetop vided at each end upper surface being adapted to be secured I eimproved heel' applied .tioned surface and side wings extendln flat .andis provided along its front edge withia transverse rib When. the heel issecured position upon a shoe and the upper surface 11 is drawnintoclos'e contact with the shoe, the body of the heel .will' beflexedand the concavity transferred to the tread surface 13, the rib 14and the side walls 15 together with the surrounding edge of the heelproviding a suction gripping means which will take hold of the'surfacebeing walked upon and pre-.

vent the wearer from slipping.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A shoe heel formedof compressible material embodying a concaved upper surface, a flattread surface, a rib extending across the lowet'edge of the last -men-'tioned surface and tapering side wings pro of the rib, the concaved inclose contact. to the heel of the shoe in a.

manner to provide a concaved tread surface for engagement with" theground.

2. A' shoe heel formed of compressible material and embodying a.concaved upper surface,

rearwardly from each end of saidrib, sai wings tapering and merging intothe lower surface of the heel, which, together with the rib define adepression and forman inclined surface upon the bottom of the heel.

In testimony whereof I a'flix my signature.'

. 'EDWARD M. -oooK.

14, having side wings 15 which taper off flush with the tread 'surace.

y a. Hat tread surface, a .rib extending "across the lower front edgeofthe last mentread 13 of the heel is substantially

